Taher Azdast received his PhD from Tarbiat Modares University in 2006. Now, he is Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Urmia University. He was a research fellow of Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory at University of Toronto in 2005–2006, 2015–2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022. He is the author/co-author of over 190 professional publications, including 80 journal papers, 100 conference papers, 8 research projects, and 2 books.